County settles Fourth Amendment lawsuit

Leelanau County will pay $55,000 to settle a lawsuit based on allegations that county sheriff’s deputies illegally detained a man.
The lawsuit was filed by Gary Aschim and stemmed from a 2009 situation where county deputies were investigating a drunken-driving incident. The deputies went to Aschim's home to question his son. Aschim was allegedly handcuffed and detained because he ...